Features
Thursday, July 9 2009
Charles Mingus: Mingus Ah Um 50th Anniversary (Legacy Edition)
Mingus Ah Um sounds like the 20th Century: it is a self-portrait of a man who helped define the direction of post-bop jazz, commenting on the country that created him.
Monday, July 16 2007
Part 1: Beethoven to Phil Ochs (1824-1965)
Psalm 100 instructs, "Make a joyful noise unto the Lord!". What more joyful sound than the life-affirming song of protest, for that is the sound wrenched from the deepest grief and suffering, from exhausted and diseased lungs, and the voice raised in tuneful protest is among the most beautiful of human sounds. Sing out, indeed!
Wednesday, July 11 2007
Charles Mingus: Tijuana Moods
This newly remastered version of the Mingus classic still sounds crazy after all these years -- crazy good!
Reviews
Thursday, November 2 2006
Charles Mingus: Music Written for Monterey, 1965. Not Heard…Played in Its Entirety, at UCLA
All Mingus asked for was the impossible. More often than not, he achieved it.
Sunday, January 1 1995
Charles Mingus; Art Blakey & Thelonious Monk; John Coltrane
Mingus returns to his bass on The Clown and delivers one of his finest sets of compositions.
Blogs
Monday, January 4 2010
Slipped Disc: Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
Albums that missed our Top 20 Re-Issues of 2009 list, but at least one of our writers loves.
